Life Moves On

                                    

                                          
Rockets waved down from above and smashed into the wall of ice that Armin created. The wall shook, and large chunks of it snapped off, but it held strong. Hope crouched down next to her friend, who nodded at her. She took a breath and jumped out from behind the wall as the explosions died down.
Instantly, she was met head-on with a punch. She narrowly tried to block the strike but felt wind smash into her as Sera rammed her palm forward, blasting the Pantheon member with compressed air. She slid back a bit and kicked out with her leg, but Sera easily jumped over the strike. The younger girl had been a hero for far longer and had practiced hand-to-hand combat every day, something that became clear as she danced circles around Hope.
Every strike Hope unleashed was strong, easily breaking apart the ground, but it simply didn't matter if it couldn't hit. She seriously needed to practice more at hand to hand. Sera struck out again with a wave of compressed air, throwing Hope back. Armin jumped out of his cover and jabbed out with his own punch, but Sera easily dodged that as well, redirecting the attack with her wind.
"Seriously, how are you so good at this!" Armin asked with wide eyes.
"Years of practice!" Metal Ronin called out from up above them. After the battle with Wish, or rather his utter loss to the hands of Wish, Rowan had spent nearly three days straight creating a brand-new set of armor. It was taller than his old one, standing at eight feet tall. It was also bulkier, with bigger, longer arms, legs, and a thick protective chest plate on the front. He had lost some of his weapons but made up for it with a set of large foldable cannons that would come out of his shoulders, and he still had one of his swords, though the blade was now nearly five feet in length and burned with a white-hot beam of energy. "Remember it was you two who offered to help me practice and test out my new suit."
It had been only three days since the fight with Wish—three days of waiting and planning, trying to see what would happen. The Wandering Coin had seemingly gone dead silent, not wanting to get involved now that they lost some of their best warriors. Even the low-level goons that stayed in the warehouses and sold drugs had dried up.
Bad Timers was seemingly gone for good, and Zoo was also lying low. Usually, she'd be glad there was nothing going on, but the constant silence and lack of action were starting to get to her. Myth had been busy planning and speaking with people because they could all feel it. Soon, a storm would be arriving. A storm that could shake everything up.
During this silent time, she had decided that no matter what, she was going to improve and get even stronger. She had the image of what her ideal hero was, and she hadn't yet reached that point, so the only thing to do was train and grow stronger. That was why she found herself in the Sub Enforcers base.
Metal Ronin had been looking to practice with his new suit, but most of his team members were still recovering and being healed by Sky. She offered to help, as did Armin. Sera had also seemingly jumped at the chance to beat up some Pantheon members, and so they turned it into a sort of two-on-two battle. They didn't have any of their gear or armor aside from Metal Ronin, and they were mainly trying to use their powers as little as possible in order to work on their physical stats and skills.
It was quickly becoming clear though that team Sub Enforcers had simply been trained more as Pantheon was losing this friendly match.
Sera engaged with Armin once more. The young girl dropped to a crouch and kicked out with her legs smashing into Armin's ankle and causing the boy to fall. As he dropped, he twisted his body around and landed on his palms, freezing the ground around him and causing Sera to slip and fall. "Don't get too cocky!" He announced proudly. "I've been working like a dog with Poseidon and know a couple of new tricks!" He used the sliding ice to his advantage and came down on Sera with an elbow smashing into the girl.